Costeño Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's break it down for you. This is Rusty.

Looking at Costeño Beach, it’s a long 16-day stretch, and honestly, the surf is going to be working against the wind most of the time. The swell is coming from the NE, which is a good direction for the spot, but the quality is hit or miss. Don't expect much for the first few days.

Starting Wednesday July 22nd, the morning has a 1.6m NE swell, but with a cross-on breeze it’s messy. The wave energy is moderate (221). Not worth paddling out. The afternoon is worse.

Thursday the 23rd is a tough one. The morning is onshore and sloppy. The afternoon goes glassy with a 1.1m NE swell, but it’s tiny and the energy is low (133). You could get a wave, but it’s not going to be good.

The first real standout is Friday morning, July 24th. Glassy, clean conditions with a 1.4m NE swell and an 8-second period. The combined energy sits at a nice (233). This is your window for clean, fun waves. The afternoon gets onshore again, so get out early.

Saturday the 25th sees a bit more size – 1.5m in the morning, 1.7m in the afternoon – but that cross-on wind turns it into a bumpy mess. Skip it.

From Sunday the 26th through Tuesday the 29th, it’s mostly poor. Onshore winds, weak swell. There’s a glassy window Tuesday afternoon the 28th with a 1.3m swell, but the energy is weak (176) and the waves are only “ordinary.”

The big standout of the whole forecast is Monday afternoon, August 3rd. You’ve got glassy, clean conditions with a solid 2.0m NE swell. The energy is pumping at (398). This is the cleanest, most powerful session in the entire 16-day outlook. It’s a solid size for intermediates, but beginners might find it a bit much.

Before that, we get a pulse of bigger swell on Thursday July 30th morning with a 2.1m NE swell and energy at (588). But it’s cross-on, so it’ll be bumpy and only for experts. The period is short at 8 seconds, so the waves will be a bit crumbly and hard to ride.

The rest of the second week, from August 1st through the 6th, is more of the same: cross-on winds, marginal conditions, and swell from 1.4m to 2.0m. Nothing clean or consistent, except maybe a quick look at Wednesday August 5th afternoon with a 2.0m swell but a picking up 15 km/h wind making it choppy.

To sum it up: your two best shots are this Friday morning July 24th for a clean, fun session, and next Monday afternoon August 3rd for the cleanest, punchiest swell of the whole run. The rest is mostly a wash.

Rusty.

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